# The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2007, Paragraph 7: Duties when a product is prescribed or supplied


(1) When a person prescribes a product classified as POM-V or POM-VPS, or supplies a product classified as NFA-VPS—
(a) before he does so, he must be satisfied that the person who will use the product is competent to do so safely, and intends to use it for a purpose for which it is authorised;
(b) when he does so, he must advise on its safe administration and on any warnings or contra-indications on the label or package leaflet; and
(c) he must not prescribe (or, in the case of a NFA-VPS product, supply) more than the minimum amount required for the treatment; but it is a defence for him to show that—
(i) the product prescribed or supplied by him was in a container specified in the marketing authorisation;
(ii) the manufacturer does not supply that veterinary medicinal product in a smaller container; and
(iii) he is not a person authorised to break open the package before supply.
(2) It is an offence to fail to comply with this paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2539/schedule/3/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-medicines-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-7
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